Bag-holder.



No. 873,893- 7 PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

0. A. PUST.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1907. I

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 OTTO A. PUST, OF HOLLOWAY, MINNESOTA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application filed May 22| 1907' Serial No. 375.186.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO A. PUsT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holloway, in the county of Swift and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in bag holders andmy object is to provide means for suspending a bag while the same isbeing filled.

A further object is to provide means for holding the mouth of the bagopen so that articles can be readily entered therein.

A still further object is to provide means for raising and lowering theholding part of the device, wherebybags of different lengths may beaccommodated and the mouth of the bag adjusted to suit the height ofdifferent users.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bag holder complete,showing the bag suspended thereby. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof.Fig.- 3 is a central sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan viewshowing the supporting uprights in section, and, Fig. 5 is a detailelevation of bag engaging devices.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates thesupporting uprights, or guides, for my improved bag holder, to the lowerends of which are secured brace bars 2, and 3 indicates cross bars whichconnect the uprights at their upper and lower ends.

Slidably mounted upon the uprights 1 is a beam 4, which is provided ateach end with a socket 5, through which the uprights 1 extend. Dependingfrom the beam 4 are hangers 6, which normally rest against the innerfaces of the uprights 1 and are provided at their lower ends with bars7, said bars being horizontally disposed and having their inner facesprovided with grooves 88. Pivotally secured to the central ortion of thebeam 4 and extending throug a slot 10 therein are arms 11 and 12, saidarms being so arranged that they will have a scissors action, and saidarms are provided at their lower ends with clamping bars 13 and 14respectively, which are adapted to enter the grooves 8 in the bars 7when the arms 11 and 12 are in their open position. The clamping bars 13and 14 are provided at each end with upwardly and out wardly extendingfingers 15, which are adapted to support the mouth of the bag 16, whenthe same is placed upon the clamping bars 13 and 14. 1

In order to hold the bars 13 and 14 in engagement with the grooves 8, Isecure to the upper end of the bar 11, a latch 17, which is pivotallysecured at one end to the arm 11, and is provided at its opposite endwith a slot 18, through which extends the upper end of the arm 12, theopposite edges of the upper end of the arm 12 being provided withnotches 1.9 and 20, the notches 19 being adapted to engage a pointedshoulder 21 at the upper, inner edge of the slot 18, which will resultin holding the latch in its adjusted position, while the notches 20 areadapted to engage the wall at the outer edge of the slot 18 when thearms 11 and 12 are in their closed position.

' In order to allow the latch to be readily operated to close the arms,said latch is made in two sections and hinged together, one sectionbeing provided with a tongue 22, which extends between cars 23 on theopposite section, the lower face of said tongue being tapered to engagea similarly tapered portion on the opposite section, thereby limitingthe pivotal movement of the two sections of the latch in one direction.

The beam 4 is raised or lowered to accommodate the same to differentlength bags journaled in a shaft 24 through the upper ends of theuprights 1 and fixing disks 25 to each end of the shaft to form spools26, upon which are wound cables 27, the free ends of said cables beingsecured to the opposite ends of the beam 4, so that when the shaft 24 isrotated, the beam will be raised or lowered, one end of the shaft 24being provided with a crank 28, through the medium of which the shaftmay be readily rotated. The beam 4 is held in its adjusted position bysecuring to the shaft 24, adjacent the inner face of one of the uprights1 a ratchet wheel 29, with which is adapted to engage a pawl 30pivotally secured to the upright and engaging the ratchet wheel bygravity, thereby preventing the shaft 24 i then disposed in a horizontalposition by alining the two sections of the latch and engaging theshoulder 21 in one of the notches 19 andby bringing down the free end ofthe latch 17, the arms 11 and 12 will be extended and the clamping bars13 directed into the grooves 8, and by moving the free end of the latchfirmly into engagement with the upper end of the arm 12, the bag will beclamped between the bars 13 and 14 and the bars 7 and in the grooves 8and held in this position until the latch is released from the arm 12.As soon as the bag has been properly filled, the pawl 30 is moved out ofengagement with the ratchet wheel 29, whereupon the cables are unwoundby rotating the shaft 24 and being allowed to descend until the bagrests upon the floor, whereupon the latch 17 is released from the arm 12by swinging the two sections of the latch on their pivot pin, which willresult in moving the clamping bars towards each other and out of thegroove 8, and after the clamping bars are soreleased, the mouth of thebag is disengaged from the fingers 15 and the beam 4 elevatedsufficiently to raise the clamping bars out of engagement with the bag,when the filled bag may be removed and a new bag placed in position onthe clamping bars and fingers, and the above operation repeated.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and efiicientform of bag holder, and one that can be adjusted to accommodate bags ofdifferent lengths, and it will further be seen that the bags may bequickly attached to or removed from the holder, and that the bag may beraised or lowered to suit the convenience of the operator.

What I claim is:

1. A bag holder of the class described, comprising a pair of uprights,abeam having a socket at each end thereof, slidably mounted on saiduprights, standards depending from said beam, bars on the lower ends ofsaid standards, said bars having grooves on the inner faces thereof,crossed arms pivotally secured to said beam, clamping bars at the lowerends of said arms, fingers on said clamping bars, means at the upperends of said bars to move said clamping bars into said grooves, andadditional means to raise and lower said beam and parts carried thereby.

2. A bag-holder of the class described, comprising the combination witha pair of uprights, and means to support the same; of a beam, having asocket at each end thereof to receive said uprights, depending standardson said beam, a baron the lower ends of each of said standards havinglongitudinally extending grooves on the inner faces thereof, a pair ofcrossed arms pivotally mounted on said beam, clamping bars on the lowerends of said arms adapted to enter said grooves, a latch pivotallysecured to one of said arms, and having a slot in its opposite end toreceive the other arm, notches at the upper end of the last mentionedarm, a shoulder on the latch adapted to engage said notches and hold.the arms in their open position, means to release said shoulder fromthe notches and additional means to lower and raise said beam and partscarried thereby.

3. A bag-holder of the class described, comprising the combination withstandards; of a beam slidably mounted on said standards, bars carried bysaid beam and having grooves on their inner faces, a pair of armspivotally secured to said beam, clamping bars on said arms adapted toenter said grooves, upwardly and outwardly extending fingers on saidclamping bars, a latchformed in two sections and pivoted together, oneend of said latch being pivotally secured to one of the arms, theopposite end thereof having a slot to receive the upper end of theopposite arm, said last mentioned arm having a plurality of notchestherein, means on the latch to engage said notches and additional meansto limit the pivotal movement of the two sections of the latch in onedirection.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO A. PUST.

Witnesses L. H. FLETCHER, F. S. FLETCHER.

